Welcome to the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things Podcast. I am your host Detective Chuck, I have worked in the law enforcement field for over 19 years. I will be joined by my co-hosts Detective Burke, with over 29 years in, and Sgt RJ with over 15 yrs. Your mind will be taken on a wacky journey into some quirky and bizarre tales. You will laugh, cry and have nightmares as we negotiate your brain into a peaceful submission. So join us as we put our decades of experience to th ...
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You're in the right place for the real and unpolished truth about fraud, crime, scams and threats to your bottom line. Episodes include conversations with notorious criminals, victims and FBI agents that get to the bottom of it. From their jaw-dropping stories you'll discover how to spot fraud, crime, scams and detect lies so you protect yourself from personal and business losses. Your host Traci Brown is the Fraud-Busting Body Language Expert. She's spent the last 20 years reading people an ...
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The Disruptors Podcast presents B.C. & Ski purveyors of Positive Mental Attitude (PMA), music, and a love for people. With backgrounds in proactive police work, gang units, homicide investigations, informant development, and training, the boys found a natural knack for conversation. With guests ranging from musicians, free-thinking first responders, entrepreneurs, reformed extremists, gang members, drug dealers, and subject matter experts in various disciplines, B.C. & Ski deliver conversati ...
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History of the Batman relives the defining moments of one of the most iconic figures in comic art and literature, DC Comics Batman. Your Dark Knight Archivist Londyn discuss Batman's history and how the character, the associated villains, and popular iconography were established and have changed over the last 80 years.
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You’re Not In It for the Fight with Traci Ruiz Ep 149
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25 Year Police Vet Traci Ruiz reveals details of the most gruesome case she’s worked on and the specific steps she and her team used on scene to get to the bottom of the case. She’ll also give the telltale signs of drug use, how she survived an attack from a suspect twice her size, how to spot a liar, and exactly what to do if you’re attacked. Your…
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Gabriele Amorth an Exorcist for Rome!
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Send us a Text Message. The Exorcist, Exorcist, The Pope's Exorcist, books, more movies, demonic possession, documentaries, demons, demonic children, priests, the Catholic church, so many things come to mind when we hear the words The Exorcist...but what of it, right, is it real, does it happen, do demons exists? In this episode we wander through t…
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Ma and Fred Barker, the FBI's Longest Gunfight
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Send us a Text Message. We give you an almighty FUBAR, when the Barker/Karpis gang (1935) exchanged bullets with the FBI, well, not the whole gang, just Ma and Fred Barker. The events and craziness leading up to this pivotal encounter is nothing short of nutty. Ma and Fred Barker, were criminals to the core, leading the FBI and local law enforcemen…
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#41 From Cartel interceptor, undercover detective, to CHIEF DEPUTY: Matt Thomas "Deputy One Time" This is leadership! (Biography: INTERCEPTORS)
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Great leaders have to be doers and have the actual working knowledge to fight crime and disrupt criminal organizations. The best in the business, Chief Deputy MATT THOMAS (2nd in command) aka "Deputy One Time," is back! His book, INTERCEPTORS, is a must read for any proactive cop, deputy, agent, leader, or supporter out there. Go check him out on I…
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Long Haul Truckers a Serial Killers Playground!
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Send us a Text Message. When we were kids, it was a thing to open your car window on a summer day, lean out, make a fist and pump your arm up and down as a big rig-semi-truck passed by hoping they would sound the horn...that infamous highway big rig horn! In this episode, we stray from those glorious childhood memories to a darker time, and take a …
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Grab Bag Episode, Movies, Music, and Pop Culture!!!
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Send us a Text Message. The Grab Bag Episode is one of our favorite episodes to put out, the Grab Bag Episode!!! Absolute shenanigans, and all sorts of things happen in these episodes, we have no idea what is going to happen, or who is going to say what. These episodes are some of our most unedited shows, so much fun to do! A hat full of topics on …
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#40 BLUE GRIT WELLNESS/RADIO Eric Tung Doubling down on positive policing, recruiting, and a lot more.
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Some time ago, two cats on Instagram started chatting about police work and how to find balance...and now they jump on the mic to talk about real police work, recruiting, the true believers who are graduating police academies and rolling out on patrol. Eric Tung, is the host of Blue Grit Radio, a current police leader, and runs the Blue Grit Wellne…
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Should First Responders Be Allowed to Smoke Marijuana...
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things team gets after the question everyone is asking. Should Police Officers, Firefighters, nurses, doctors, medics, military, or any other careers that restrict Marijuana use, and allow these employees to partake in the usage of the Devil's Lettuce? Oh, it's …
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Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright, Outlaw, Lawman
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Send us a Text Message. On this episode, we head on back to the old west, and step into the world of Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright...was he an outlaw, or a lawman, or both. Well, that's we are going try and find out!!!! So, saddle up, grab your six-gun, we are heading to the late 1800's for this one...man is this a crazy, crazy true story of one of…
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#39 WARZONE, SICK OF IT ALL drummer, Boston Paramedic: EK Eric Komst
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Did boy band, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, come from the Boston hardcore scene? Is it possible that punk/hardcore can lead a young adult into becoming a first responder? EK jumps on as an energetic guest telling of his days being a 13 year old drummer in a band called, "Miracle Boy," with then middle -schooler Jordan Knight (yes...that Jordan Knight of N…
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Women Work In Law Enforcement Deal With It!!!
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Send us a Text Message. On today's episode we have a very special guest joining us, Sergeant H. She has 18 years of law enforcement experience, has worked as a 911 emergency dispatcher, a patrol officer, FTO, Taser Instructor, trainer, and is currently a sergeant working for a busy transit authority division. Sergeant H has seen some shit! We are v…
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#38 Fatherlessness, Firearms, Recoil Magazine, Police corruption, St Louis gang wars, and NO OTHER CHOICE training: Kevin Dixie, THE REAL NOC
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Raised in the war on drugs, Kevin Dixie "The Real NOC," saw first hand the effects of over policing, officer corruption, and the effects of fatherlessness in his city. But he also witnessed the positive effects of engaged officers putting in real work. Civil Rights advocate and firearms coach, KD talks about his days of working law enforcement in S…
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The Uncanny Valley and Anthropomorphism...
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever heard the terms Uncanny Valley, or Anthropomorphism...yes, great. No, we that's great to...cause your in for a treat. In order to understand what these terms mean, well, your just gonna have to listen...your mind will be totally blown open...or swirled into a liquid gelatin mass, that is probably more likely...…
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#37 Former Nazi Skinhead, Best-Selling Author, Producer, Musician, FIREFIGHTER, Extremist Converter: Christian Picciolini
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Former Nazi skinhead and current FIREFIGHTER, Christian Picciolini has worked for the last two decades converting over 600 individuals from white supremacist groups, street gangs, and terrorist organizations. His first book, White American Youth, documents his early days as one of the first Nazi skinheads in America to form a band and tour Europe. …
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Send us a Text Message. Incel, "Involuntary Celibacy"...what in the hell is that! Well, in Episode #95, we launch ourselves into the world of Incel's. If you have no idea what this is, then your in for a bumpy ride, cause shit's gonna get weird... We look at the concept of Incel mental mindsets, to celibacy itself, where is it rooted, how have so m…
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#36: Soldier, Scholar, Poet, Bouncer: Keith Dow, Dead Reckoning Collective
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From touring with hardcore bands to his tour in Iraq, Keith Dow tells the origin of Dead Reckoning Collective, publishing poetry, literature, growing up in the hardcore music scene, his days as a bouncer, college student, influential reads, and helping others. "Karmic Purgatory," is the collected poetry of Keith Dow and is a highly recommended read…
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World Prisons, the Good the Bad and the Really Ugly!
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever ventured outside the great US of A, planned a wonderful vacation to a country of your choice. Well if you have, maybe you've wondered what it might be like to get arrested and jailed in another country...well then you don't want to miss this episode!!! We take a tour into prisons around the world, and discuss t…
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#35: No knock warrants, citizens and simunitions, classroom chaos, useless college degrees, and METAL music: Chuck Shute
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Chuck Shute, former teacher, music lover, and current host of The Chuck Shute Podcast, jumps on the mic with The Disruptors to talk about the corrosion of order and discipline in American classrooms, citizens participating in simuntion training scenarios in order to understand the stress involved in police work, execution of search warrants, and of…
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Falling Down A Movie Review of a 1993 Cult Classic
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Send us a Text Message. 1993, the year that brought us all a heaping amount of classic movies, to include, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Tombstone, and so much more. Including the movie we are doing a review on Falling Down, the only way we can here at Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things. So, grab some popcorn, and some Jujubes...…
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#34 Intel Unit, Nazi Skinhead investigations, SWAT, Reggae music and copwork in the South: Captain Kory Flowers
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A natural storyteller and leader, Kory Flowers has over two decades working some of the country's most dangerous gangs and extremist groups. He's an expert in white supremacist organizations and his knowledge comes straight from working one of the country's hotbeds of activity. Kory talks about snapping pics of a "fresh cut" Nazi skin, Wade Michael…
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The Alien Invasion Has Begun...Now What!!!
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Send us a Text Message. Well, the alien's have come to Earth...and they are not friendly, yes, they are bugs. For our alien invasion apocalyptic diabolical event we have chosen Mantis like creatures from some unnamed planet in the universe. So, what do you do now, the invasion is here...and it's kind of a little bad...actually, really bad. Join us …
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Send us a Text Message. So, you wanna be Batman...well so do we, but before you make that life altering decision, you might want to listen to this episode. Join us as we breakdown the world of Batman, and how difficult it would be to actually make an attempt at being a real life Batman. Yeah, things get a little weird, and there is a bit of mayhem!…
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New Again: Betting on Sports with Ross Bernstein Ep 148
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Author Ross Bernstein reveals the secrets sports stars DON’T want you to know about how they’re cheating in sports. From Mirrors and buzzers to bugging locker rooms and even the ways teams leave a trail of fake info to sabotage other teams cheating efforts. And even how the Mob and online gambling may affect the outcome of your favorite team’s seas…
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Send us a Text Message. Here we go, a Grab Bag Episode extravaganza - the 1970s. This episode is full of captivating, stimulating conversation, total hilarity and mayhem... As we do with all of our grab bag episodes, we have a series of torn up slips containing topics from the 1970s, we dumped into a hat. We pass the hat around, reach in and pull o…
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#33 Former Satan Disciple speaks about childhood trouble and gang life
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After serving over a decade in prison, Eric is a free man living a life of positivity and working to educate the public on gangs and white supremacist organizations. But he and BC go back to his childhood when he served time in a juvenile facility and as a teenager joined Satan Disciples, one of Chicago's most violent gangs. Satan Disciple Nation h…
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Don’t Ask Any Questions with Army Counter Intelligence Officer Derik Clark Ep. 147
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We talk arms smuggling, surveillance training and the most intense situations he’s ever been in as Army Counter Intelligence Officer Derik Clark reveals secrets usually reserved for spies. You’ll be able to use these tools TODAY to find the truth around you hiding in plain sight. Help us keep the show going and buy us a cup of coffee! Your donation…
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A Deep Dive Discussion: PTSD, Peer Support, Retention and Recruitment with Veteran Police Officer JC
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we tackle some very heavy topics, PTSD, Peer Support, Recruitment and Retention. To help us tackle these intense topics, we are joined by Veteran Police Officer, JC, with over 18 years of experience. He has worked in detentions, patrol, CSI, SWAT, FTO, Honor Guard, and has been a sergeant. JC has been through…
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Texas Attorney Ken Good has argued in front of the Texas Supreme Court and now focuses his work on the bail bond industry doing his best to make sure the industry regulations actually protect the public. We talk Dog the Bounty Hunter, The Magna Carta, Unlicensed Funeral Homes and what happened when he actually found out his client lied to him in th…
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Joseph Miedzianowski Chicago's Most Corrupt Cop
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Send us a Text Message. Hollywood movies, TV cop shows, we've all seen them, the Departed, Negotiator, The Big Easy...all movies made in Hollywood about police corruption. Well, have we got a doozy of a show for you. This story is not pulled from a Hollywood script, this episode is about Joseph Miedzianowski, media called him Chicago's most corrupt…
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#32 Blood gang member talks openly with BC Sanders
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BC and "Level" talk about his gang life, being "brought home," "putting in work," the beefs, the backgrounds, the motives for joining, and the reality of living with your head on a swivel. Blood sets are operating openly in many cities across the U.S. and in the current climate many departments have disbanded their gang units. This has caused the g…
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DC Sniper aka the Beltway Snipers Debacle!!!
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Send us a Text Message. In October of 2002, Washington DC, was gripped by fear as 2 men held the nations capital city captive, murdering people at random. 2001, 911 happened, so much news media was covering the war moving to the Middle East, but in the DC area, nothing was normal. DC had just begun the recovering from the attack on the Pentagon, th…
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In Case You Missed It: Blindsided --When the Swat Team Shows Up at Your House with Darcy Luoma Ep. 145
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Darcy Luoma was blindsided when a neighbor called to tell her that the SWAT team was at her house and took her husband. Listen to find out what he did wrong, what happened next and her journey thru the legal system, crisis management and putting her own coaching model to the test….landing at forgiveness. Darcy is the author of Thoughtfully Fit. Be …
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Men of The World Who Changed The World
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Send us a Text Message. Who are these men we speak of, Izzie Einstein, Moe Smith, Alan Pinkerton, and William Fairbairn. Throughout history people have played a part in the shaping of our world, in one way or another. First we start with Izzie Einstein and Moe Smith, a pair of prohibition agents who shaped the landscape for future task force style …
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31: Morgan Lerette, author of Guns, Girls, and Greed: I was a Blackwater mercenary in Iraq
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Do they still call them mercenaries? Morgan tells some tales of overseas money making in the wildest war zone of this century. His book, Guns, Girls, and Greed, is out now!
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Music at Work and the Quiet Leadership Quandary
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Send us a Text Message. Music, ahh, the soothing sounds of your favorite music lifting your spirits throughout the day...hey, not so fast idiot...turn that shit down!!! Does this remind you of your parents, maybe without the idiot part. You can't listen to that at work, that music is offensive...you cretin! So, where do you stand on this, music at …
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In Case You Missed It: American Greed- Behind the Scenes with Jerri Williams Ep. 144
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From back when we called it Fraud Busting.... Retired FBI economic crimes agent Jerri Williams visits Fraud Busting. She’ll tell us the behind the scenes stories of her work on fraud cases including the ponzi scheme she helped bust that landed her on the CNBC TV show American Greed. She’ll debunk myths about the FBI and tell us all about her podcas…
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Internet Sleuths...Ohh, the Humanity!!!
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Send us a Text Message. I love myself a great story, maybe even find myself self engaging in a great true crime story (this comment is not shared by everyone on this podcast, this was vocalized with a tirade of curse words!), but not always. However, every so often we find ourselves stumbling across a story from headline news that captivates a comm…
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In Case You MIssed It: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner- with Joel Block Ep. 144
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Teamwork makes the dream work… especially when you’re playing blackjack-- and you’re counting cards. This was Joel Block’s world. Hand signals, casino comportment and the very few things you pay attention to so you can become an advantage player and win big, without being spotted. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner-Just like the move 21. Donate to the sh…
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# 30 Hector Bravo: Leadership corruption, law enforcement corrosion, skateboarding, sobriety, and the power of pop punk and PMA
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At 17, he signed the line, took the oath, replaced his skateboard with an M4, and he was off to war. After two tours in Iraq with the 1st Infantry Division, Hector Bravo returned to California and again raised his hand. After more than a decade in the California Department of Corrections, disgusted by the corruption he saw by some of the higher lev…
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The Undercover Operation To Takedown the KKK in Colorado Springs: The Black Klansmen - Ron Stallworth Story
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Send us a Text Message. In 2018, a movie hit the theaters called The BlacKkKlansmen, which tells the story of Ron Stallworth a rookie police officer who worked for the Colorado Springs Police Department who was monumental in an operation to take down the KKK in Colorado Springs in 1978! Excellent movie and a great true story! In 2014, Ron Stallwort…
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In Case You MIssed It: Inside the Italian Mafia with Marisa Merico, Mafia Princess Ep. 143
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Mafia Princess Marisa Merico visits Fraud busting. At age 22 Marisa was put in charge of her Italian mafia family operation. She breaks the code of silence and spills the beans about the family’s operation, her beginnings in crime, how she earned her appointment to leadership and the jail time that followed. She’s got some great insights into the p…
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#29 Matson and Tawni Browning: Undercover in the violent world of Nazi skinheads
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Mat realized what hate really was when he found himself staring at a pistol pointing dead at his chest by a Nazi skinhead... For more than a decade, Matson Browning worked undercover infiltrating the world of white supremacist groups. His wife, Tawni, often working beside him chatting with women involved in those organizations, gathering intel on t…
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